Flat-iron heater



I. ANGELL.

FLAT IRON HEATER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

IDA R. ANGELL, OF 'DELPHOS, OHIO.

FLAT-IRON HEATER. y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,689, dated May 30, 1882.

Application filed March 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA R. ANGELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Del phos, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of atop or plan view of my improved flat-iron heater, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to devices to facilitate heating flat-irons; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofthc inclosing-case wall, the pivoted cover-sections, and the adjustable notched slide, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the inclosiug-wall, which is made usually withoutabottom, and is provided with a lug, b, at the front or rear end, which is perforated for the passage of a pivot screw or rivet, 0, whereby the cover-sections d d are pivoted to the case-wall. The cover is made in two sections, at d, which, when closed, meet along the middle longitudinal line of the device. In one or both sections notches e e are made to accommodate the pillars or connecting-arms g of the handle of the flat-iron, and in order that the sections (1 d of the top or cover may close together and around said arms with some degree of accuracy, thereby preventing the escape of heat. In order to accommodate irons of different sizes or weights, which vary as to the distance between the arms 9 of the handle, the notches e are made long enough to accommodate the various sizes, and a slide, h, is provided of sufficient length and width to cover the long notches, said slide having a handle-notch, c. This slide his provided with a clamp-screw, it, having a square neck, and designed to engage a longitudinal slot, 1, in one of the cover-sections, so that it can be readily adjusted in position. Each cover-section is provided with a handle, m, covered with wood or other non-conducting substance, these handles beingarranged at the end of the device opposite the pivot c.

This heater will'be found advantageous in connection with any stove, but is especially designed for use on gas-stoves or vapor-burning stoves, as itgathers and controls the spreading flames and economizes the heat.

In using the device it is placed on the stove in proper position over the flames or heatingsurface. The cover-sections being spread suffieiently, the flat-iron is introduced, and then the sections are closed together. In this manner and by means of this device one flat-iron can be readily heated while the other is being cooled in its work, so that two irons will be found "sufficient-aresult which cannot be attained without the heater.

A bottomless case arranged to slide on top of a furnace and provided with a. vertical 7o cross-partition which divides the case into two parts or chambers, each being provided with two hinged lids for admitting the irons, one of which lids for each chamber is provided with a slotted slide so arranged as to admit any sized iron below, and serving also to close up the holes through which the handles project when the irons are out, is not new. A bottomless case having hinged lids projecting over the sides or ends of the case, and having slots in the lids for the reception of the handies of the flat-iron, is also old. In both of the instances referred to immediately above the lids have to be raised by using the flat-iron for that purpose. I make no claim to either of these constructions.

Pivoted lateral cover-sections have been employed without the slide or the handles; but in this instance also the cover-sections are manipulated to open and close them by using 0 the flat-irons. This is an awkward manner of placing and removing the flat-iron, and frequently causes displacement of the heater.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a fiat-iron heater, the combination, with the inclosing-case wall a, of the notched and pivoted cover-sections d 61, provided with handles m m, and the adjustable notched slide 71, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. V

IDA R. ANGELL.

.Witnesses:

G. O. MARSHALL, J. F. ANGELL. 

